Support John Dumont

John Dumont's battle with SNUC, a rare and aggressive cancer.

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Matt Dickson$300

RBL Basketball$100Our thoughts are with the family. The 3 boys are tremendous ball players and great young men!

Anonymity Requested$100Thank you for a beautiful celebration of life for John. Sorry to have missed the tourney last summer but we were on a pre-scheduled family trip. Hope to participate moving forward. Best ~ Damian

Roundball Basketball$250

Brent Elkington$100

Mike Posnikoff$500

Russel Sean fitness Frias fight team$3,665It was an honour to raise money for the boys with our My fight for John D fundraiser.

Anonymity Requested$20I couldn't attend the wonderful RSF fundraiser today, but wanted to contribute in some small way!

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Melanie Samuels$100Our condolences for your loss. John lives on in your beautiful sons.

Anonymity Requested$50This is on behalf of his coworkers at CUPW.

Matthew Nathanson$1,000

Chris Lochhead$100Condolences from the Lochheads.

David & Debbie Mills$250We are saddened at the loss of John but know that his legacy will be his family and wonderful friends in the VC community who will never forget him!

The Musni Family$300

Melody Lam$300Deepest Sympathies

Sarah Jolly (Lorimer)$100

Debra Ewanchuk$50Our hearts and prayers go out to John's family.

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Mark Tinholt$500Blessings on your journey ❤️

THOMAS CURRAN$250

Kevin Chong$50

Dale Gibala$100In memory of John

Michelle Farrell$100My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Kevin and Theresa Hanson$100

Colleen & Morgan Beggs$100We are so very sorry for your loss. All of our thoughts & prayers are with you and your family.
The Beggs Family

Blair Chan-Kent$250

Anonymity Requested$250The Maher family is so very sorry for your loss. We will always remember John with such fondness and respect.

Vivian and Darryl Cardey$250We are good friends with Margot - our hearts go out to John's family. Prayers and thoughts to his children and wife.
The Cardey Family

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Anonymity Requested$250The road ahead will be difficult - but surrounded by community, the spirit of John will live on in your boys. Blessings from the Friesen family

Jennifer Kube-Njenga$50Our deepest sympathies are with you.

The Lodewyks$300xoxoxoxoxo

Kelly Hyland$200

Sara Nathanson$500In loving memory

Lloyd / Christine Scrubb / Bradstock$250

Kathleen Wong$50

Anonymity Requested$200Thoughts and prayers are with all of you right now. Lots of love, Ally

A.C.E. Sisters Federal$150Our Dad, Mica Federal, played basketball with your Dad, John.
In lieu of a birthday gift for our Dad this year, we wanted to let you know how much we are thinking about YOUR dad. With much love from Ontario and deepest condolences, We are thinking of you today and every day after!

Peter, Naomi & Karl Fahrmann$100

Breanne Watson$50John, today and now each day I run - I run for you. Rest well xo

Andrew & Natalie Brown$100Our deepest condolences.

camille noel$50

Anonymity Requested$100Trixie, in lieu of flowers the only thing I can think to do is make another donation.
Sincerely, Emily

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Stacey & Sean Milne$150We wish we could send you more time together. Much love and light to your family.

Chantal & Andrew Bobyn$100Our heartfelt condolences.
The Bobyns. xo

Jonathan Conlin$100

Trevor Brown$100I attended VC with John, when you showed up to play and he was on the court you know you would leave a better player.

brendan / karen adamson$100I DEDICATE MY NEXT RUN IN THE PARK TO JOHN . YOU FOUGHT A COURAGEOUS FIGHT . FUCK CANCER .

BRENDAN & KAREN

Marcela Araya$200With much love!

Jason Smith$100John's inlaws and family took me in when I moved to Vancouver. I haven't seen John in many years but he was a wonderful man.

Annette Payne$100

Tiffany Haziza$100Love you, Trix. Xo

Trish Shirra$100

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Sean O'Brien$100

Anonymity Requested$500We are sorry for your loss. Our condolences.

Charles/Cathryn Ker/Wilson$250Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you.
The Ker Family

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Allister Wilmott$500Sending our love and prayers to John and his wonderful family. Thank you for all the amazing memories competing together John. Andrew & Allister Wilmott

Cole Garnett$200So sad.

Anonymity Requested$100May the love around you help to give you strength

Kim Gordon$50I am so sorry to hear the very sad news that John reached the finish line of this last marathon last night. My sincere condolences to Trixie, the boys and his family

Anonymity Requested$500Sorry i could not come to the tourament i was out of town.
I had the pleasure of coaching John in grade 5and 6 at VC
I also watched many of his game as he played throughout
his career at VC

Howard Sparks$500

Bal Salh$100

Anonymity Requested$250Sending you all the biggest love and support.

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Randy, Gayle, David & Steven Doherty$1,000

Tom Clark$50

Mitch Trotman & Family$1,000c/o Abbotsford Chrysler

Leanne Hurley$100Love Justin, Leanne, Griffin, & Logan

Ryan Lenarduzzi$50

Matthew Finden$50

Simon and Eugenia Han$250

Anonymity Requested$1,000You are always in our thoughts and prayers!

James Clark$500

Shasta Spahn$250

Eric Lum$100Send our love from the East Coast!

Stacey Scott$250Hey John, it's been a long time since we used to play as kids at Rosen Lake, but you and my family are very much in my thoughts and prayers.

Many blessings,
Stacey (Smith) Scott

Anonymity Requested$300From our family to yours. With love, Justin

Bruce Watson$100

Sue & Marcel Dvorak$2,000

Linda & Gerald Sung$200

Anonymous $100

Steven Carvalho$500Shattered. Seems like only yesterday that we had no worries about tomorrow. Always a gentleman. We will keep you and yours in our prayers.

Aneil Atwal$100Just happy to help someone in need. You can thank your friend John Dykstra for the heads up.

Maisy DeBray$100

Scott and Mary Robinson$2,500

Murray Leith$5,000

Sam, Trevor, Charlie & Millie Borland$25

Jessie Deutsch$50

Carlos Gaspar$250

Lorraine Sung$100

Maria & Rafael Aragon$250

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Cathy DiVito$100Love you cousin.

ernesto hidalgo$100

Jae Malana$50John probably will not remember me but I also went to VC. I was a year younger and graduated in 1994. I always thought highly of John. He was a celebrated athlete at VC but was never arrogant about it. He was always so humble and a genuinely nice guy.

I feel a personal connection to John's story having battled cancer myself at the age of 37 and losing my father to cancer in 2012. I am also the youngest of five brothers who have ten kids of their own between them. I know how important family is.

I cherish the memories and friends I made during my time at VC. This is my small but heart felt show of support for John and his family and friends. Wishing you all the very best on the journey ahead.

Sincerely,
Jae Malana
VC ‘94

Alex Inglis$50

Pasha Bains & Chad Clifford$1,000

The Keller Family$100

Tognetti Family$10,000

Mary & Michael Shields$200

Tommy Nixon$100

Vince Tersigni & Mary Nemeth$1,000

Janet Quelch$50

Elizabeth & Pan Loch$100

Gary & Andrea Davies$500

Sabine & Miklos Sr. Zabori$50

Carrie Linegar$100

Jim Kelly$100

Etienne Orr-Ewing$500

Liz Dennett$100

Patrick, Karin, Sean and Alina Ryan$100On behalf of our family (including Henry and Paula Raschke) we wish the Cruz-Dumont family much strength and fortitude and will keep all of you in our prayers.

Doug and Dana Watson & Family$1,000

RBL Basketball$150Our thoughts are with the entire family through this ordeal and we pray for a miracle.

Allison Blackler$100

Greg Meldrum$50

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Hailey Reeves$20

Family Spare$150

Ryan Shams$50

Dan Bowditch$200I was out of town and unable to make the 3 on 3 Tournament and dinner.

Bret Macdonald$100Thinking of the entire Dumont Family.

Bret Macdonald

Jim, Bev & Michael Strilesky$200

Mont & Wist Scarrow$150

Doug Forbes$50Hi - I'm an old friend of Jeff Joseph's. I read about John's story via a post from Jeff. I don't know John, but I am intimately familiar with cancer - my wife, my mother, my grandmother. We're sending a little something, because Life is a big family. Wishing you peace and best.

Chris Franks$200

vignarajah sellathurai$250

Reilly and Trixy Montgomery$100

Jasper Wright$100John - my wife, two kids and I send you our love and prayers. You are a great person. It is hard for me to believe it has been nearly 30 years since I first met you at VC. I am gutted by the news of your health.

Lisa & Pascal Franchot$100A little support from neighbors in LA.

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Vito Pasquale$300We wish we could give you the gift of time, but hope that we can add to your sense of peace.
Our thoughts and prayers,
The Pasquale Family

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Andrew & Nadely Smith$2,000

Ian Hyde-Lay$200John, Trixie, Jack, Hunter and Cole,
I regret very much that an unexpected family situation takes me to Edmonton this weekend, as I very much wished to attend the Cruz-Dumont celebrations tomorrow and Saturday at VC. On behalf of everyone connected to SMUS Basketball, I offer my thoughts and prayers to all of you in what is an extremely difficult time in your lives. You are an wonderful family in every way and a positive example to all of us.

Sincerely,
Ian Hyde-Lay
SMUS

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Christine Foran$400

Chris Brown$100

Joanne & Bob Tattle$50

Tracy Leong$50

Luke Cochlin$100

Rob Cripps$100

Robyn Chan-Kent$100

Jill Roberts$100

Lynn Shepard$100

Greg Wright$500

Stefano Bozzi$1,000

Chris Livingstone$1,000No words can express the stupidity that the nicest guys get some of the worst luck. I officially pass along all my Kharma to you JD. I still get a kick out of how well you understood and appreciated all the details of my work. It was like you were on the job for last 3 years. Crazy smart. Hope you read these and I hope to see you Saturday.

Matt & Christina Anthony$1,000

Larisa Titova$20

Shannon & Dave McBride$50Thinking of your family. Sorry we won't be able to attend the tournament as we are out of town that weekend.

Marion and Bill McEwen$200

Alvin & Sue Lum-Tong$500

Jen Wride$100

Sarah Kerr$200From the Kerr/Korth family, and the loons, turtles, and minnows at Rosen Lake. Blessings on your journey.

Loretta Bouwmeester$500Running is about finding your inner peace, and so is a life well lived...Run with your heart. I saw this quote and thought of you wonderful cousin.
We LOVE YOU John - Much love to you, Trixie and the boys. Loretta Duane, Skyler and Devon

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Anonymity Requested$50Big love to family and to you Johnny.

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Stacy, Cleia, Alexia & Nick Vayenas$50Our prayers are with you and your family.

The Langers$200

Anonymous $100

Maureen Tymkiw$850

Michael and Angie McDonnell$500

Miro Oballa$250Sorry I can't make the tournament. My thoughts are with all of you

Gunnar, Hugo, August, Magnus, and Guinevere Balakrishnan$500We love you Coach John! Sending prayers of love and strength to you Ms Cruz and the boys.

Karen and John Bowering$500Sending love and strength to you and your family.

Graeme, Pearl, Riley & Lauren Kiss$100

Patrick Cash$1,000God Bless all concerned.

Cory McLean$500John was one of the kindest people I met at Vancouver College. Get better.

Devon Tyler$100

(Betty) Louise Black$100I am very pleased to have the chance to participate. John and all the family are in my thoughts and prayers.

John & Jeannette Cole$500

Todd and Andrea Bernett$100You are all in our prayers

Julie Harris Cameron$250

Charmène Brewer$200

Bill Disbrow$500

Michael Chong$500To Coach Trixie and my teammate, Hunter, my most sincere thoughts and prayers go out to you and to your dad.

Anonymity Requested$100We had the pleasure of working with Margot briefly and she is a lovely person. Our youngest son trains with Split Second basketball and they are such an amazing group of people. Michael and I are thinking of everyone involved.

Susan Yurkovich$1,000

Anonymity Requested$150Thinking of you all and happy to support 3 wonderful boys.

Kat Jayme$50Still remember those Hoop Dream days! Thanks for being such an awesome coach, John! My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Kyle Ancelin$50

Karen Faryna$300

Bendl Family$250We're thinking about you every day - all these people thinking about you every day has to do something in this universe.

Margaret Curran$200I'll be biking extra hard during the Ride to Conquer Cancer this year! Sending lots of love!

Hus Navarro$1,000Sending you all the strength and love. Keep putting that one foot in front of the other. Race on.

Paul Sewell$100

Lee Man$100

davis sanchez$500Thinking about you and the Fam JD.. xoxo

Anonymity Requested$500The Bailey family are praying for John's healing and strength for Trixie and the boys during this time.

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Matt Hoegg$100All the best John, Trixie and boys. From the Hoegg's

Anonymity Requested$30So sad to hear your story. Praying for John and his family and especially his three sons:

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Michel Simard$50

Megan Cash$1,000Lots of love xxx

Doug Beers$250Thoughts and prayers are with you and your family daily.

Tim Gudewill$250I still remember the days you used to come over and shoot hoops with me and Nick in the backyard on Selkirk. Circa 1980something. Thanks for being such a positive influence on us growing up. We are all thinking of you. Your friend, Tim Gudewill

Anonymity Requested$100Noah, Leo, Andrew and I are sending your family all our love and best wishes at this time. So, so sorry to hear about John's illness. Yasmeen (Yaz)

Tracy McLaughlin$100God bless

JAK Sianos$100

Joe Centeno$300

Eileen Fishman$25

Anonymity Requested$100Sending love & hope for miracles.

Wilfred Mak$50Keep strong, will pray for you and your family.

Shawn George$100

Anonymity Requested$200Our hearts go out to everyone that knew John, especially his immediate family. Great job coming up with this trust Mike. I clicked the anonymous box but if you think sharing names will help get more people to donate then you are free to do that with us.

Jessica Mills$150Always a champion John! Sending love and light to you and the entire family.

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Sandra Belfiore$100

Galen Allan$50

navi Sekhon$100

Jimmy Rogers$100There are not many things that happened in Grade 3 at VC that stand out in my memory (aside from being placed in the ESL reading group)... One thing I do remember distinctly is working as a ball-boy for the Varsity Basketball team during the Agrodome tournament. John (and Gerald) seemed like gods to Kevin Jagger and me. He was obviously a great player, but what has really stayed with me about John is how fundamentally kind he always acted, even towards a rug-rat like me. Lots of love to JYD & family. Jimmy

Paddy Mahony$100Thoughts & prayers are with you Johnny!

Melisa& Danny Kokan$250Our son Ethan played the Basketball program at the Arbutus Club . He would always say how Coach John is awesome teacher.

Michael Charters$20My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. I wish you strength, courage and unwavering moral during these hard times, and that you may get through this difficult time and recover quickly.

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Susan, David, Olivia & Hayley Autio$250

Jill Arias$500Will send cheque.prayers to all of you and loved ones

Ryan O'Flanagan$100

Patrick & Nicki Rogers$1,000

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Amanda Solomon-Guthrie$150

Kathleen Rogers$50

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Micky Bhangu$50You got this. Keep fighting.

Tim Unaegbu$10Everytime encounter his son Jack he is very respectful towards myself even when our team play against each other. I'm sure he get his respect from his pops.- South Kamloops Basketball

Ronith Cogswell$250“Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. Sing anyway.” – Emory Austin. Thinking of you, John, and your family is in our prayers.

Fiona MacFarlane$50

Michelle Matsuo$100

Anonymity Requested$100I haven't met a group of brothers as deserving of every opportunity possible to fulfill their potential.

Brian Taggart$100

Anonymity Requested$100Stay strong!

Lindy Goepel$100Fight❤️

Lyndsay Sung And Family$100Sending major love and strength to you John, and to your family.

Greg Meldrum$100

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Aaron Mitchell$100JD thanks for setting an example of what a father and husband should be. We love you lots.

David Jagger$1,000

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henry jagger$50i'm very lucky to have you as my uncle

henry jagger$50i'm very lucky to have you as my uncle

Colin MacDonald$100

Thomas Family (Nov, Anna, Quincy, Lennox, Eve)$500

Dominic Zimmermann$300We love you JD! Dom and Lisa

Shelley Sung$500To one of strongest and bravest people I know, we love you, trix and the boys so much xo

JoAnne Fahr$100

Jeffrey & Tricia Joseph$1,000Blessed to have you as my brother John.

Ken and Teena Sim$1,000

Kevin Jagger$1,000

Gerald Cole$2,500Keep fighting Johnny! love yah.

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Total donated $144,980

JOHN'S STORY

From John’s sister, Margot…

Last September, John was diagnosed with an exceptionally rare and aggressive cancer called SNUC, sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma. SNUC has no known causes and no defined treatments. My first of thousands of Google searches brought up, “SNUC is a rare malignancy with often dismal outcomes.” We were gutted, but John was ready for a fight. I was sitting in my car on September 1st, 2015 when he called to say, “I have cancer, but it’s going to be ok”.

John is everything that is good. He is 41 years old with an amazing wife (Trixie Cruz) and three incredible sons, Cole (12), Hunter (14) and Jack (16). He has an adoring group of friends and extended family. John’s life has been focused on sport and fitness. He attended Vancouver College for twelve years, and, just like our dad and now John’s sons, he was a proud member of the Fighting Irish basketball program. He played Varsity Basketball at UBC and went on to play professionally in the Philippines before returning to Vancouver to raise his family. John worked for Canada Post and coached kids with Split Second Basketball, both jobs he loved.

For the last several years, John has been running marathons. He runs them fast. His marathon PB is 3:09, his fastest half marathon was 1:26 and his fastest 10K was 36:58. Fast by most standards and really fast for a 6’4″ body not really built for long distance running. But he did it. With laser focus and many injuries along the way, he completed his runs. His last full marathon was the Boston Marathon the year of the bombing. Qualifying for Boston is a feat on its own, especially when you are both young and male. Then, because of demand, getting a spot is like winning the lottery. But he made it. We all headed to Boston to cheer him on in the world’s most famous marathon. He crossed the finish line almost an hour before the bombing. An emotional day for all. We went home feeling very fortunate and grateful.

John has been exceptional since the day he was born. He was born prematurely and wasn’t expected to make it. He achieved incredible success in sport and has always stood out from the crowd. He is the best brother, son, husband, dad, uncle, friend, teammate, and coach anyone could ever have. We have not lost hope but his cancer is aggressive and we can’t get in front of it.

Two weeks after John’s cancer diagnosis last September, he endured a twelve hour surgery at VGH to remove the golf-ball sized tumour from his nasal cavity. Aggressive radiation and chemotherapy followed that brought him to his knees. His body withstood the worst possible trauma while he quietly tolerated the pain and agony. “I’m okay”, he always responded when asked how he was doing. It took all winter but he slowly recovered from the brutal treatment. Spring arrived and John was able to take short walks. He even attempted to cut the lawn one morning, ignoring his severe grass allergy, and then suffering, what he thought, was a torn hamstring.

It wasn’t his hamstring. After a CT scan at VGH Emergency in April, we learned John’s cancer had spread through his blood to his pelvis. It is no longer curable and its aggressiveness means it’s moving fast.

We are doing everything we can to slow it, hold it, keep it down. The road ahead will be rough but John is mentally strong. He has a team of loved ones and doctors cheering him on. My sister-in law has called this John’s ultimate marathon. We don’t know where the finish line is but we will cherish every single step he has ahead. You can read Trixie’s blog about John’s battle here.

How you can help…
His family and friends want to reduce the stress on John and Trixie as they navigate the unknown. Both of them had the benefit of education and sport in their lives and we want to ensure their three sons have the same opportunities. We have created The Cruz-Dumont Boys’ Trust to support Cole, Hunter and Jack’s post-secondary education and their sport-related expenses.

Contributions at any level will be gratefully accepted via PayPal or cheque (“The Cruz-Dumont Boys’ Trust”). Thank you for understanding that this is not a registered charity, and we are not able to provide tax receipts. However you will receive a receipt from PayPal after your donation has been processed.

To Donate by Cheque : Please make your cheque payable to “The Cruz-Dumont Boys’ Trust” and mail to :

Celebrating John and his love of basketball…
Under the direction of Gerald Cole (John’s best friend for the last 35 years) we are organizing a 3 on 3 basketball tournament at Vancouver College on August 20, 2016. This will be both a fundraiser and a way for those who love John to gather around his sport at the school that has meant so much. There will be many opportunities to participate including as an athlete, a sponsor, an in-kind supporter or as a volunteer. Thank you in advance for helping us make this a success. You can visit the tournament website here.

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